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I have seen my little buddy only a couple times since last posting. Both times it was in same spot in same oak tree at SE corner of poultry yard. It must have had a rabbit somewhere. I will be going out every little bit to look and listen to get a last observation in for 2018. New years...

I do not think things will get bad here. The moderators have been pretty consistent at stepping in, but the incidents need to be reported in a timely manner. Some of the threads have been degraded for so long they are beyond repair. I have not seen the bad stuff on Facebook, likely because my...

I like those interested in learning. The judgement part is a downer. Another party is trying to do similar with carcasses left out and is pretty quickly taking a hit from the judges. I have dealt with that for a while and gotten defensive making so interest in inputs not obvious.

Thanks, I will keep up effort. It is just the easy stuff has largely been done. Will have to loose more sleep to keep the ball rolling.

It has been a long spell with little interest and what did show was negative. The negative has been largely removed but made clear most are not interested in the chickens beyond the chickens themselves.

Owl had not been in until tonight just before dark. I was alerted to owl's presence first by dogs sitting quietly while all oriented towards poultry area. Lead dog Lucy was mostly looking at chickens giving the low intensity alarm call for owl and glancing up into tree owl most frequently uses...

Dog has been moved into barn for isolation from males while in heat. Will see if owl still comes in.

I think these longer threads presenting novel information of potential value are actually a waste of time.

Here it is, a video that is desired by me more for the sounds of the chickens in the background. First one I ever actually edited. It opened up a gate.

I finally got my videos showing owl consuming chicken while it riles up chickens nearby. Chickens for most part already acclimating to presence of owl like they do to me and my dogs. I am also see a difference between chicken breeds. The American Dominiques are least impacted by activities of...

Owl came in several times last night to feed but otherwise perched in oak tree watching me. We had a strange windy fog then a good inch or too of rain with thunder and lightening. Luckily I had battery problems with camera, otherwise it would have been damaged by water. Fog wetted things...

As of this morning at least half of original carcass consumed. Before all this started pullet weighed almost 4 lbs. It appears the owl tried to move carcass as is is now getting down into weight range that can be carried in flight. Tie down stopped it. The biggest difference between a hawk...

Owl back eating on carcass again. I am done for the night. Tomorrow we will have a rematch using the GoPro.

Owl was back yet again. It was down low in back of barn. It seemed to make an alarm call while flying out. It looked like it was briefly hung in something.

I am having lighting issues causing over-exposure for camera on owl. Game cameras need to be corrected for time change. Carcass after a good amount of carcass consumed. Owl still sitting in exact same spot it was in earlier and last night. It has a full tummy. Pullet in a another...

Owl has started watching me from same perch in oak tree around 1715. Numbnut watched me feverishly try to get observation setup. The about 1830 it landed on chair and began eating carcass. Chickens were dead silent. All three dogs were in yard watching owl in barn. They were not in position...

Owl now camping out all night in yard. Food not limiting. Mice and voles all over.

Owl came back to consume head and neck. Then it went back to same spot in same oak tree and sat when son and I went out to check setup. Camera was not properly turned. I put carcass in a location owl can see, but cannot reach. It will come back tomorrow night when I have camera and possibly...

I just checked on camera flushing owl. It was near top of oak SE of poultry hard. I walked within 50 feet of it without flushing. It is Oliver, little SOB.

Oliver is back. Saw it fly just above ground in barn. Chickens giving alarm call for owl. I want to record sounds bad.